Galadu Subah, Sabrina Zeller, Nitesh Damodara, Michael Fortunato, Jenna Garrett, Shoaib Syed, Anaz Uddin, Issac Pak, Eric Feldstein, Stephan Mayer, Chirag D Gandhi, Fawaz Al-Mufti
BACKGROUND: Despite the widespread use of heparin during and following endovascular procedures in the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients, limited research has explored the incidence and impact of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) on SAH. METHODS: Descriptive statistics, multivariate regressions, and propensity score-matching were employed to compare clinical characteristics, comorbidities, interventions, complications, and outcomes of HIT in SAH patients identified within the US National Inpatient Sample database from 2010 to 2019...
April 17, 2024: Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery